The New York Times25d
South Korea’s Leadership Crisis, Explained
By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law has created South Korea’s biggest ... to be suspended from power through such a vote.
Newsday1mon
South Korea's democracy held after a 6-hour power play. What does it say for democracies elsewhere?
said the martial law debacle highlights what he sees as the most crucial flaw of South Korea’s democracy: that it places too much power in the hands of the president, which is easily abused and ...
The New York Times25d
South Korea’s President Is Impeached After Martial Law Crisis
By Choe Sang-Hun Jin Yu Young and Victoria Kim Reporting from Seoul Eleven days ago, President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea made a bold power grab, putting the country under military rule for the ...
Fox News25d
South Korea lawmakers vote to impeach president over martial law declaration
Yoon has been banned from leaving South Korea, as law enforcement authorities are investigating whether he and others involved in the martial law declaration committed rebellion, abuse of power ...
ABC News26d
'Unimaginable situation': South Korea endures fallout from president's martial law effort
South Korea, December 12, 2024. Korean Presidential Office via Reuters Yoon faces a deeply divided faction even within his own ruling party. The leader of the People Power Party, Han Dong-Hoon ...
Los Angeles Times27d
Ex-defense chief in South Korea tried to kill himself after being arrested over martial law
Yoon’s ill-conceived power grab has paralyzed South Korean politics, frozen its foreign policy and rattled financial markets. On Wednesday, rival North Korea’s state media for the first time ...
UPI1mon
South Korea's Yoon placed under travel ban as martial law probe widens
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (UPI) --South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was barred from leaving the country Monday as investigations for treason and abuse of power over ... South Korea's National Police ...